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The lives of small business owners and migrant labour have been turned completely upside down. But the crisis may have also brought the community closer
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The lives of small business owners and migrant labour have been turned completely upside down. But the crisis may have also brought the community closer
While essential services are in place, people in government managing cities are in limbo. A vast majority of state employees are in ineffective mode because they are working from home and cannot access their systems remotely. It’s time to plan digital transformation in the government.
How can you deliver business continuity if you are churned up and anxious inside? More importantly, how can you use this crisis as a springboard to shape the future, instead of merely coping with it? A 7-day practical plan to cultivate resilience in a crisis.
Monitoring people at work from home is something employers are thinking about. But what about the economic costs, technical issues, legal implications and ethical aspects?
Manish Sabharwal has been watching what’s going on in the economy, in the society, and in the government from multiple vantage points. He talks about the possible scenarios and how business—and indeed the country—will need to sequence and calibrate their response
Across Maharashtra, fresh farm produce was rotting after supply chains were disrupted by the national lockdown. The local administration in one of the districts offered a window of opportunity to small farmers’ collectives to build a farm-to-home model—and dramatically turn the tide
Local systems solutions, investments in healthcare and public institutions, cross-pollination of ideas—a panel moderated by Arun Maira discusses how to extract the economy out of the morass it is in
CEOs and entrepreneurial founders are rolling up their sleeves to save their businesses and also save livelihoods so that the economy doesn't sink further. An introduction to ‘Survival Strategies’, an urgent theme Founding Fuel is exploring
Three great books on handling uncertainty
Even as they grapple with the operational aspects of the crisis, many business leaders are bringing a beginner’s mind and experimenting. They are discovering slivers of opportunity and preparing for a post COVID-19 world